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White-bellied carpet viper

Echis leucogaster
Ci turam: Its scientific name comes from the Greek words for white (leuco-) and belly (gaster), because its belly is unmarked.1
Mën na reyMën na la rey su ñu la fajul. Su la màttee, wutal ndimbal ci gaaw.
Vipère Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

The white-bellied carpet viper is a venomous snake from West and Northwest Africa. It lives along the edges of deserts, in dry grassland, and near oases and dry river beds. It is one of the vipers, a group of snakes that bite and inject venom.1

Dafay dund ci
West and Northwest Africa, including Nigeria, Niger, Mali, Senegal, Mauritania, Algeria and southern Morocco1
Afrig
Kër
It is not a true desert animal. It is found along the edges of deserts, in arid savannah, semi-desert and the Sahel, and in well-vegetated dry river beds (wadis) and oases.1
Guddaay
30 cm ba 87 cm (1 ft ba 2,9 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It eats a wide variety of prey, especially scorpions and centipedes. It also eats small mammals and reptiles.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy White-bellied carpet viper
White-bellied carpet viper. Foto: B. P. White. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Its colour ranges from brown to grey to reddish, and its pattern is variable.1
  • It has light, oblique crossbars or saddles on a darker background.1
  • Its flanks have dark triangular, subtriangular or circular markings with light or white edges.1
  • Its belly is an unbroken pale cream, white or ivory.1
  • Its body is rather stout, and its dorsal scales are rough and heavily keeled.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

Su màttee

  • Def ba nit ki bañ a yëngu te dal, yemale cër bi ñu màtt ak kawewaayu xol bi, dindi jaaro yi ak lu xat lépp, te yóbbu ko lopitaan ci gaaw.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su benn màttee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

White-bellied carpet viper guddaayam lu tollu ci 87 cm (2,9 ft)Ab muusu kër lu tollu ci 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ab xaj lu tollu ci 1 m (3,3 ft)
guddu na ni 1,5 muusu kër, bakkan ba geenguddu na ni 5 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 110 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

White-bellied carpet viper ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

1

Its diet includes scorpions and centipedes, which makes it an important predator of these animals in its range.1

2

Despite its name, it is not a true desert animal. It is mostly found along desert edges.1

3

Newly hatched young are already 12–16 cm long.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Echis leucogaster
Mbooloo
Vipère
Njaboot
Viperidae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Afrig
Liir yi
It lays eggs. Hatchlings are 12–16 cm (4.7–6.3 in) in total length.1
Musiba ci nit
4 / 5: Am na musiba lool3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Echis leucogaster (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Echis leucogaster (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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